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, he wanted the big deal, only one that wanted the big deal, pushed it to the end, didn't get the big deal, but he got the perception he wanted. now he doesn't have to deal with any of the political consequences of the big deal. that looks like a big win for the president, and it looks like a perfectly manipulated process by the president from beginning to end. >> lawrence, i really don't think this was stage craft. in this case, the perception is the reality, in other words, the president was willing to make the tough decisions. i was part of the biden negotiations, i remember when talk turned to trying to do something serious on the health care issue, we said you need to talk about these issues on the revenue side with the same degree of seriousness. that's when they walked out of those discussions. same thing, when they got to talking about really making sure the revenues were there at the end of the day, the speaker's caucus left him. look, i think what we'll find out at the end of the day here is that there was no enforceability to the republican's part of the bargain, but we wil
, he wanted the big deal, only one that wanted the big deal, pushed it to the end, didn't get the big deal, but he got the perception he wanted. now he doesn't have to deal with any of the political consequences of the big deal. that looks like a big win for the president, and it looks like a perfectly manipulated process by the president from beginning to end. >> lawrence, i really don't think this was stage craft. in this case, the perception is the reality, in other words, the...
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the big question is how big of a health issue is this for her. clearly she lives a pretty aggressive lifestyle. she's out there campaigning, raising money, doing politics all the time. despite having the chronic headaches she's been quite active. if that's the case, i think it's a short-term story that's a minor inconvenience for her and probably won't have a big effect on her standing with conservatives. again, her appeal is her voting record. we had her putting a statement out today that she's not going to vote at all to lift the debt ceiling. that puts her on the far, far right of her party. there's a lot of tea party activists who love that fighting spirit out of her. i think that's one of the many reasons she's going to be a force for some time. >> jim, let me ask you, we had a republican nominee who had had multiple bouts with mel know na a very serious cancer. we had a vice presidential nominee who had four heart attacks. how does that compare with taking medicare for headache? a lot of women suffer from this condition and function quite w
the big question is how big of a health issue is this for her. clearly she lives a pretty aggressive lifestyle. she's out there campaigning, raising money, doing politics all the time. despite having the chronic headaches she's been quite active. if that's the case, i think it's a short-term story that's a minor inconvenience for her and probably won't have a big effect on her standing with conservatives. again, her appeal is her voting record. we had her putting a statement out today that...
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but there are two big things. most damaging of all, he was pressed several times on whether he had had any conversations with all of his various contacts and friends at rupert murdoch's company in the u.k. about a $12 billion attempt to buy out the reminder of bskyb, the big broadcaster over there. this was a deal that the british government has quasi-judicial authority to approve or deny. all he could say is he had no inappropriate conversations. he kept using that phrase. frankly, it didn't sound like the members of parliament really bought that line. the second thing, a really explosive claim, that someone in the senior government, a senior government official had been hacked and bugged while andy coulson was there. these kinds of allegations are -- they just keep cropping up every day and it doesn't look like this kind of statement or investigations are going to end any time soon. >> yeah, we could be early in the game at the moment. michael, i want to play some sound from yesterday's testimony, what we heard
but there are two big things. most damaging of all, he was pressed several times on whether he had had any conversations with all of his various contacts and friends at rupert murdoch's company in the u.k. about a $12 billion attempt to buy out the reminder of bskyb, the big broadcaster over there. this was a deal that the british government has quasi-judicial authority to approve or deny. all he could say is he had no inappropriate conversations. he kept using that phrase. frankly, it didn't...
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we are now beyond a big deal. you don't do a press conference like that if you think there is a shred of possibility can get done. you know what is fascinating, major meksed in the beginning when we were talking about middle class that president made up political ground. what i thought of when i watched the clip, real echos of al gore. people versus the powerful. that's about as close as barack obama is going to get to a pob umt we need to stand up for the middle class p.m. framing this as a debate between the powerful special interest and republicans not willing to get over. he didn't mention it by name but essentially did. while he is looking out for the middle class for the people who i would just remind folks, tend to decide elections pb plid el class. he is their champion. >> i still remember the fact that his op ad, this morning, the final line mate a plea. not only for rs or ds but to people of i. >>> here comes speaker john boehner right now wp we will listen and then analyze. >> good evening. want to be c
we are now beyond a big deal. you don't do a press conference like that if you think there is a shred of possibility can get done. you know what is fascinating, major meksed in the beginning when we were talking about middle class that president made up political ground. what i thought of when i watched the clip, real echos of al gore. people versus the powerful. that's about as close as barack obama is going to get to a pob umt we need to stand up for the middle class p.m. framing this as a...
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so tomorrow evening will be a big vote. the specific times aren't set, but we're into a series of days where these vote showdowns will be more and more important. a lot of the strategy will go behind the scenes. account various sides wrangle people to get them to their side? this will not be easy for either majority leader reid or boehner. >> kelly o'donnell for us, thank you. >>> joining me is congressman henry coyer and adam kinninger. gentlemen, good morning. congressman claire, the president asked the american people to call their congressmen, and we understand that some sites crashed, we're hearing that the server for the house is still down. what are you hearing? >> we're hearing from our constituents to make sure we don't have a default. we have to find a solution in a bipartisan way. i know there's two competing interests here, but i'm hoping that we get together and work something out. >> obviously congressman kinninger, a number of your colleagues said they would not support john boehner's plan, so i'm wondering i
so tomorrow evening will be a big vote. the specific times aren't set, but we're into a series of days where these vote showdowns will be more and more important. a lot of the strategy will go behind the scenes. account various sides wrangle people to get them to their side? this will not be easy for either majority leader reid or boehner. >> kelly o'donnell for us, thank you. >>> joining me is congressman henry coyer and adam kinninger. gentlemen, good morning. congressman...
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look, it's not the big companies anymore that are engaged in international competition. it's the small and medium businesses that are, too. we just feel that if we keep taxing our job creators, our businesses, at higher rates than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs, it will cost us economic growth. more to the point, when we keep raising taxes in washington, for ephemeral promises that never materialize, we are not fixing the problem. >> let me get to that topic. the "wall street journal" says even the $600 billion in spending cuts in stage one are worth grabbing as part of a debt ceiling vote. more broadly, democrats in the gang are making a big concession by saying the tax rate should go down, not up. >> i agree with that. >> even obama-care must be reformed. why not grab what you can? >> that's what i want to do. >> and worry about reducing the taxes down the road. >> i think that's what we're going to do. >> if they don't materialize, you can revert and raise taxes down the road. >> i think that's what we should do is grab the kind of spending cuts we can righ
look, it's not the big companies anymore that are engaged in international competition. it's the small and medium businesses that are, too. we just feel that if we keep taxing our job creators, our businesses, at higher rates than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs, it will cost us economic growth. more to the point, when we keep raising taxes in washington, for ephemeral promises that never materialize, we are not fixing the problem. >> let me get to that topic. the "wall...
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this is a big deal. i was there at the beginning when don't ask, don't tell was first put in place by bill clinton. reluctantly but around pressure from the joint chiefs. this has been a difficult history politically. horrendous for so many men and women in the military. thousands over this decade. >> absolutely. a lot of the argument back a couple years ago to repeal it was that the military was losing qualified people especially linguists were forced out because of their sexual orientation. it's also seen -- this repeal is seen as a very, very big win for gays and lesbians who are key supporters of the democrats and president obama. as you'll recall back in the fall he got heckled a couple of times. there's been constant pressure of him to remove the ban and this is going to be something that will go a long way towards having been reenthused about his campaign and re-election process. >> with legislation then for the past year, the service chiefs have been going and surveying people in the mill tar and
this is a big deal. i was there at the beginning when don't ask, don't tell was first put in place by bill clinton. reluctantly but around pressure from the joint chiefs. this has been a difficult history politically. horrendous for so many men and women in the military. thousands over this decade. >> absolutely. a lot of the argument back a couple years ago to repeal it was that the military was losing qualified people especially linguists were forced out because of their sexual...
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there's big battles over the budget. the democrats are getting push back because they went along with governor chris christie. they just slashed benefits for state employees. it's got to be a topic that come ups again if you're elected. how would you move forward on that knowing on the one hand you have state employees who want their benefits in the other, new jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. >> we know we have the highest property taxes. with the governor slashing the communities it's raising the taxes in those communities. what we need to do is understand that i am 100% for collective bargaining. we fortunate have a situation where that grandfathers in and goes away. the future is now new jerseyians coming together making sure that we continue to push our good schools. we have great schools in jersey. my biggest thing is we have to strive to be the best. we're cutting women's services and all these areas. the reality is that's just passing it on to someone else. >> we were talking about why you chos
there's big battles over the budget. the democrats are getting push back because they went along with governor chris christie. they just slashed benefits for state employees. it's got to be a topic that come ups again if you're elected. how would you move forward on that knowing on the one hand you have state employees who want their benefits in the other, new jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. >> we know we have the highest property taxes. with the governor slashing the...
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it is a big deal. i think that even if a deal is reached, and i believe there will be one and listening to geithner and members of both sides of the aisle saying that we will not default does not mean that the rating agencies will not downgrade u.s. debt which calls in whole other set of questions from the breadth of the full faith and credit and the collateral issue and the mandate of a lot of of the pension funds and insurance funds to only own triple aç securities is more of the shorter term concern. >> but the longer it goes on, one imagines the longer it affects the markets, and today, all of the markets are down? >> well, it is down, but it is a fairly benign reaction given some of the extreme assumptions of when the asian markets were opening that it is a real disaster. the markets are telling you that they have faith that something is going to get done here and you are seeing it on the equities side and the fixed income side in terms of the ten-year treasury yield, and yeah, it is down, but n
it is a big deal. i think that even if a deal is reached, and i believe there will be one and listening to geithner and members of both sides of the aisle saying that we will not default does not mean that the rating agencies will not downgrade u.s. debt which calls in whole other set of questions from the breadth of the full faith and credit and the collateral issue and the mandate of a lot of of the pension funds and insurance funds to only own triple aç securities is more of the shorter...
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why has this become such a big deal? >> i think it's for the same reason you see in the credit agency comments from standard and poors and fitch and moody's, the underlying problem, the high levels of debt, record deficits must be addressed. even if we weren't having this discussion about to raise the debt ceiling or not, we would have to address this problem. this will have happened again at the end of september if it's not resolved here, that's when the continuing resolution ends for this year's funding. this is the underlying issue that has to be addressed. >> senator i wanted to play a little bit of the president's comments at la razza, we think maybe even the thunderstorms interrupted our coverage of that. this is what he had to say. he was very combative. he said we had to deal with taxes in some fashion. we can't deal with spending cuts alone. let me play a little bit for you. >> neither party is blameless for the decisions that led oour debt. but both party haves a responsibility to come together and solve the pr
why has this become such a big deal? >> i think it's for the same reason you see in the credit agency comments from standard and poors and fitch and moody's, the underlying problem, the high levels of debt, record deficits must be addressed. even if we weren't having this discussion about to raise the debt ceiling or not, we would have to address this problem. this will have happened again at the end of september if it's not resolved here, that's when the continuing resolution ends for...
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>> any plan, any big deal must cut consumer debt. because that's what directly impacts the american people. we free up the money that americans are paying on creditors, that's why jobs in a sense really doesn't matter. somebody could be working but they could be paying their whole income to creditors. we want americans to be able to have some of that money, invest, have responsible purchasing power. that's how you create jobs. >> congressman clark from michigan, thank you so much. appreciate your time today. >> you're very welcome. >>> we have breaking news coming in from the "washington post" which is reporting that the fec has now demanded that john edwards' presidential campaign repay $2 million in matching funds. they say it should repay the treasury in this because it came from, you know, these are the federal matching funds that match the campaign contributions, got nearly $13 million in matching funds all together and now the federal election commission saying that the campaign understated its cash, overstated its expenses and
>> any plan, any big deal must cut consumer debt. because that's what directly impacts the american people. we free up the money that americans are paying on creditors, that's why jobs in a sense really doesn't matter. somebody could be working but they could be paying their whole income to creditors. we want americans to be able to have some of that money, invest, have responsible purchasing power. that's how you create jobs. >> congressman clark from michigan, thank you so much....
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could have a big impact on all of us. a lot of you are saying you're preparing for the worst. steve says i guess if you're a senior and rely on social security, you'd better make sure your bills are paid up. steven green suggests, learn to grow your own food and buy gold. john vega says as a retired air force person i'm saving up knowing i may not get my retirement check. according to mike schwartz, there's nothing the american public can do nor does it matter if we default on our debt our credit rating is finished and a american economy starts a sharp decline into history. you can reach me on facebook or twitter. >>> the nfl appears to be one step closer to ending a lockout what has dragged on since march. that's because the owners have approved a new deal. it looks like here's the statement from the nfl player's association we're expecting them to say if they're going to meet the deal. the statement says, player leadership is discussing the most recent written proposal with the nfl chin clouds a settlement agreement, de
could have a big impact on all of us. a lot of you are saying you're preparing for the worst. steve says i guess if you're a senior and rely on social security, you'd better make sure your bills are paid up. steven green suggests, learn to grow your own food and buy gold. john vega says as a retired air force person i'm saving up knowing i may not get my retirement check. according to mike schwartz, there's nothing the american public can do nor does it matter if we default on our debt our...
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i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story we're watching right now, debt, deficit, downgrade, deadlock. there's six more days until the august 2nd debt default deadline. really, does anybody think there's going to be a deal? >> it can pass the house and pass the senate. i hope the president will consider signing it into law. >> the speaker's proposal cannot pass the senate, will not reach the president's desk. >> another day, another delay as washington tries to come up with a debt deal. today's breaking news a bipartisan group did the math on both the duelling democratic and republican debt plans and both come up short on their projected savings goals. democrats put their bill on hold. while republicans scramble to rewrite theirs. >> things are very fluid. >> today's house vote tabled while gop leaders try to get reluctant freshman on board. >> i want a solution, not a deal. i don't think this goes far enough. >> does this keep us in the battle. >> john boehner has a group of people that believe their way is th
i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story we're watching right now, debt, deficit, downgrade, deadlock. there's six more days until the august 2nd debt default deadline. really, does anybody think there's going to be a deal? >> it can pass the house and pass the senate. i hope the president will consider signing it into law. >> the speaker's proposal cannot pass the senate, will not reach the president's desk. >> another day, another delay as...
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two, we have as i said multiple opportunities to compromise and the idea, this big question of whether the president will veto it, the chief of staff says he will do it. we have a statement of administration policy that says he will do it. that doesn't matter. it won't get to the president's desk. there are 58 senators who said they would oppose the boehner bill, which makes it less popular than congressman ryan's budget, than the cut, cap and balance plan everyone knew was dead on arrival in the senate. we have to get rid of the political statements, the political games, and get something done. you just need house republicans be willing to do something other than say, as i read this morning, the boehner bill is take it or leave it, we will stick the default on the president. that's not the way we govern in this country. that's not the right thing to do. >> dan pfeiffer, thank you very much. the very latest from the white house. thanks for coming. >>> if the boehner bill does clear the house as is expected now, senate majority leader harry reid says the senate will vote on it tonight a
two, we have as i said multiple opportunities to compromise and the idea, this big question of whether the president will veto it, the chief of staff says he will do it. we have a statement of administration policy that says he will do it. that doesn't matter. it won't get to the president's desk. there are 58 senators who said they would oppose the boehner bill, which makes it less popular than congressman ryan's budget, than the cut, cap and balance plan everyone knew was dead on arrival in...
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the republican party has to rethink is it in favor of big spending cuts? yes. and balancing the budget down the sfrood yes. but you have to look at revenues in some fashion. you cannot be that ideological. >> they have to show the ability to govern. at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they can win a political policy argument. >> we're debating their argument. we're debating how much to cut spending. >> but the trust in them governing is the issue now that they have to overcome. >> and one other thing. i really think that we are underestimating the reaction on the left progressive, whatever you want to call it. the progressive caucus, democrats are really angry at the president. >> where do they go though? it is interesting, normally you'd say maybe there will be a primary challenge, maybe there will be a draft russ feingold, bernie sanders. you couldn't see this show up in the president personally. there's this loyalty to him that he has that seems to bridge that divide between what are progressive elites versus the progressives in public opinion. >> lac
the republican party has to rethink is it in favor of big spending cuts? yes. and balancing the budget down the sfrood yes. but you have to look at revenues in some fashion. you cannot be that ideological. >> they have to show the ability to govern. at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they can win a political policy argument. >> we're debating their argument. we're debating how much to cut spending. >> but the trust in them governing is the issue now that they have to...
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so tax payers don't have to foot the bill if a big bank goes under. second, it said to wall street firms, you can't take the same kind of reckless risks that led to the crisis. and third, it put in place the stronger -- the strongest consumer protections in history. and make sure that these protections work so ordinary people were dealt with fairly so they could make informed decisions about their finances. we didn't just change the law. we changed the way the government did business. for years the job of protecting consumers was divided up in a lot of different agencies. so if you had a problem with the mortgage lender you called one place. if you had a problem with a credit card company, you called somebody else. it meant there were a lot of people who were, but that meant nobody was responsible. and we changed that. we cut the bureaucracy and put one consumer watchdog in charge with just one job. looking out for regular people in the financial system. this is an idea that i got from elizabeth warren who i first met years ago. back then this was lon
so tax payers don't have to foot the bill if a big bank goes under. second, it said to wall street firms, you can't take the same kind of reckless risks that led to the crisis. and third, it put in place the stronger -- the strongest consumer protections in history. and make sure that these protections work so ordinary people were dealt with fairly so they could make informed decisions about their finances. we didn't just change the law. we changed the way the government did business. for years...
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>> quite a big one, contessa. we can report that earlier this morning the house call center the communication arm of the house in charge of all the house telephones sent out an email to members saying quote, due to the high volume of external calls to the house telephone circuits they are near capacity. some members should be receiving busy signals. several house websites crashed specifically that of speaker of the house john boehner. the question is whether or not it will transfer into some sort of change of what the status quo is right now and that really is both sides digging in quite rigidly on their plans. democrats supporting harry reid's plan the $2.7 trillion cut across the board. republicans in favor of john boehner's plan, with an extension of the debt limit. that's where both sides are still very much. >> kristen, let's talk with you about where the white house goes from here. can they capitalize on this? the people are willing to go online -- i had trouble getting on the house website today maybe not c
>> quite a big one, contessa. we can report that earlier this morning the house call center the communication arm of the house in charge of all the house telephones sent out an email to members saying quote, due to the high volume of external calls to the house telephone circuits they are near capacity. some members should be receiving busy signals. several house websites crashed specifically that of speaker of the house john boehner. the question is whether or not it will transfer into...
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i think the big difference is the extent, the time. and he didn't mention that in this, so he's no longer safe yi that it has to get us past 2012. that is also one of the big sticking points is how long will the debt ceiling extension be. >> all right. we're just getting a note here from the associated press. do we still have dave weigel there and emily? >> still here, chris. >> all right, i don't know if either of you heard this, but the house gop is said now that it's going to change the stalled bill and the vote could come as soon as sometime today. what would you expect that to be, dave? >> if they actually hold a vote, that means they won a few people over. there were a couple of problems, some members had, with the pell grant payments in this bill. and if they change that, then they get a bill that can at least move out of the house. but we're talking about real kabuki here. if they end up changing that component to get a few more of those votes, that's the kind of thing that might be tweaked again later for when this returns to
i think the big difference is the extent, the time. and he didn't mention that in this, so he's no longer safe yi that it has to get us past 2012. that is also one of the big sticking points is how long will the debt ceiling extension be. >> all right. we're just getting a note here from the associated press. do we still have dave weigel there and emily? >> still here, chris. >> all right, i don't know if either of you heard this, but the house gop is said now that it's going...
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reform of the entitlements to get a package as big as what is required. we cannot be dealing with the package speaker's talking about $850 billion. we've got to have a package of at least $4 trillion at the end of the day. >> senator, if there's progress on these talks -- if there's some progress on these talks should the president sign a short-term deal, a brief extension while this comes together why this tries to gel? >> no. i don't think that's the first preference. that would create more uncertainty in the markets. i don't think that's the first preference. first preference is to get a process agreed to that getstous the big deal with a significant down payment. >> and with john boehner telling his caucus today get your you know what in line, he doesn't have the çvotes. he can't come up with 217 votes. how does this all come together? does something first have to start many the house or is there a way that harry reid's plan or some change expanded harry reid plan can begin to be seen in both houses? i'm not clear what the road map is. >> you know,
reform of the entitlements to get a package as big as what is required. we cannot be dealing with the package speaker's talking about $850 billion. we've got to have a package of at least $4 trillion at the end of the day. >> senator, if there's progress on these talks -- if there's some progress on these talks should the president sign a short-term deal, a brief extension while this comes together why this tries to gel? >> no. i don't think that's the first preference. that would...
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>> i think any big story. forrer the purpose of process most stories start out with the reporter. and that reporter may be being asked by the news editor to go and investigate a story or they may have brought information about a story from their own contacts to the news editor. it is at that stage in a newspaper where the reporter and news editor discuss the voracity of the information, go out and check the allegations, and come back with a more considered view. you can imagine that every newspaper gets a lot of information to the news desk and only percentage very small percentage makes it actually to publication. there are many layers from reporter to assistant news editor to news editor. finally this story will go to the back bench which will be the people that will oversee the stopping of that story and the subwill often talk to the reporter directly with questions and amendments to the copy. the lawyers are involved at this stage throughout the process. and then finally the final decision on publication would be made by the editor where it is and how prominent it was. obvious
>> i think any big story. forrer the purpose of process most stories start out with the reporter. and that reporter may be being asked by the news editor to go and investigate a story or they may have brought information about a story from their own contacts to the news editor. it is at that stage in a newspaper where the reporter and news editor discuss the voracity of the information, go out and check the allegations, and come back with a more considered view. you can imagine that every...
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chris: when we come back, this week's big question. the president has lost voters who can give him hope in the country's economic future three years ago. can he re-inspire them again next year? be right back. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty good. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. chris: welcome back. take a look at this stunnin
chris: when we come back, this week's big question. the president has lost voters who can give him hope in the country's economic future three years ago. can he re-inspire them again next year? be right back. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty...
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medicare waub a big piece of this? >> the states are in three places. one, i think they're confident that a deal is going to be struck. they're also just as equally weary that two things would happen. one that there will be a default and that there be a downgrade in their bond ratings and therefore the cost of borrowing is going to increase. and two, they're also concerned about the fact that there's no certainty as to what kind of payments are going to be made for the many state federal partnerships that are out there. whether they be medicaid, transportation or homeland security programs. >> governor, what do they do? you've got to figure out what bills to pay, who to pay, who to furlough, who to owe? >> i think it's pretty good for states to have a spur louse. most of us do in pennsylvania because of investments we made even during the recession as 7.5% unemployment rate and a $600 million surplus. they'll be able to have a little give to cover for a while. the biggest problem is what's going to happen to the recovery. the recovery is not going as fa
medicare waub a big piece of this? >> the states are in three places. one, i think they're confident that a deal is going to be struck. they're also just as equally weary that two things would happen. one that there will be a default and that there be a downgrade in their bond ratings and therefore the cost of borrowing is going to increase. and two, they're also concerned about the fact that there's no certainty as to what kind of payments are going to be made for the many state federal...
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i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story right now the phone hacking scandal in great britain reaches the highest echelons of government. with prime minister david cameron facing cheers and jeers in an uncommon emergency session of the house of commons. >> i have an old fashioned view about innocent until proven guilty. >> prime minister david cameron addressing the house of commons. >> if it turns out andy coulson knew about the hacking at the news of the world he will not only have lied to me, but he would have lied to the police, to a select committee torque the press complaints commission, and of course, perjured himself in a court of law. >> former news of the world ed tore andy coulson was until january cameron's communications director. >> with 20/20 hindsight and all that has followed i would not have offered him the job and i expect that he wouldn't have taken it. >> coulson was arrested this month suspected of corruption in the u.s. voice mail hacking and police bribery scandal. >> you live and you le
i'm contessa brewer covering the big news coast to coast. the big story right now the phone hacking scandal in great britain reaches the highest echelons of government. with prime minister david cameron facing cheers and jeers in an uncommon emergency session of the house of commons. >> i have an old fashioned view about innocent until proven guilty. >> prime minister david cameron addressing the house of commons. >> if it turns out andy coulson knew about the hacking at the...
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that leads to my big question today. now that she's free, here's the big question, what are casey anthony's long-term career prospects? you can join in the conversation we're having on facebook and twitter or shoot me an email. >>> moody's credit rating agency is suggesting the u.s. should get rid of the debt ceiling entirely because of all the chaos and uncertainty it seems to create. senator majority leader harry reid and his republican counterpart mitch mcconnell appear to have a similar idea. "the washington post" reports they're working on a back up plan that would allow the president to raise the debt ceiling three times over the next year. for a photo tal of $2.5 trillion in exchange the president would agree to a $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. and there would be a new congressional committee tasked with finding even deficit reductions. some conservative republicans aren't sold on that. >> the way the deal's currently structured right now. it gives the president the ability to raise the debt limit. >> the mcconne
that leads to my big question today. now that she's free, here's the big question, what are casey anthony's long-term career prospects? you can join in the conversation we're having on facebook and twitter or shoot me an email. >>> moody's credit rating agency is suggesting the u.s. should get rid of the debt ceiling entirely because of all the chaos and uncertainty it seems to create. senator majority leader harry reid and his republican counterpart mitch mcconnell appear to have a...
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let's look for the big fix. the president says, luke, let's go for the big fix and now the republicans are going, wait a minute. what gives? luke. >> politics is the art of the possible. a lot of folks on capitol hill feel right now that a short-term solution is the only thing possible because of the eight-day time window that you mentioned. that being said, there are two very different plans which you talked about in the introduction which are going through capitol hill right now. speaker boehner plan is going to have an extension, which gets us through the wipter. i'm told that speaker boehner's going to brief his house republican conference at 2:00 p.m. about the details of that plan. won't get extremely specific. then for all intensive purposes it looks from discussions i've had with certain aides that you can see as early as wednesday a house of representatives votes on speaker boehner's plan. harry reid is going to go his own way with a $2.7 trillion reduction plan across the board. both of these contessa
let's look for the big fix. the president says, luke, let's go for the big fix and now the republicans are going, wait a minute. what gives? luke. >> politics is the art of the possible. a lot of folks on capitol hill feel right now that a short-term solution is the only thing possible because of the eight-day time window that you mentioned. that being said, there are two very different plans which you talked about in the introduction which are going through capitol hill right now....
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go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> coming up, is washington broken? former senator chuck hagel, mayor cory booker of newark, representative adam kinzinger, historian doris kearns goodwin and our own andr >>> and we're back with a special roundtable discussion this morning. joining me now, presidential historian doris kearns goodwin, host of msnbc's "andrea mitchell reports," our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, democratic mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker, former republican senator chuck hagel of nebraska, and joining us for his first appearance on the program, republican congressman adam kinzinger. i didn't mess up the name. >> it's adam kinzinger, but that's all right. >> what'd i say? i'm sorry. >> it is my first time here. >> he was elected in 2010 with the tea party support and served as a captain in the air force, including tours in afghanistan and iraq. congressman, welcome very much. >> thanks. >> happy to have you. and welcome to ever
go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> coming up, is washington broken? former senator chuck hagel, mayor cory booker of newark, representative adam kinzinger, historian doris kearns goodwin and our own andr >>> and we're back with a special roundtable discussion this morning. joining me now, presidential historian doris kearns goodwin, host of msnbc's "andrea mitchell...
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pundits, there are more people who think they know everything about everything, and that's one of the big differences. that doesn't dismiss or excuse what happened between that exchange that you showed on the tv, but consensus is absolutely essential if we're to move this country along. >> go ahead. >> i'm sorry, i'm a little disgusted and a little angry because i see what's going on every day. we have a situation where the capitol is fiddling itself while the nation is burning. we talk about our grandparents' generation, during crisis, during the great depression, we built the hoover dam, empire state building. and here i see in my cities around america and mine, infrastructure's crumbling around us. we are in a nation that in that generation we said we're going to go to the moon and we're going do math and science and make sure our kids are prepared to go there. what's happening right now? nations are passing us in droves. over 800 countries have a higher proportion of students graduating from college than we do. again, our central capitol is fooling around on issues that are perfunctor
pundits, there are more people who think they know everything about everything, and that's one of the big differences. that doesn't dismiss or excuse what happened between that exchange that you showed on the tv, but consensus is absolutely essential if we're to move this country along. >> go ahead. >> i'm sorry, i'm a little disgusted and a little angry because i see what's going on every day. we have a situation where the capitol is fiddling itself while the nation is burning. we...
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we have a big show tomorrow. on the show, senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and congressman tom price from the budget committee, and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and the new york times business reporter andrew sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamron hall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers are trying to come to a compromise. now in order to prevent default which is seven days away, what happens if america's credit rating is ultimately downgraded. >>> and david wu says he is resigning from office amid a sex scandal, but not immediately, and we will have details on "newsnation" up next. 3q double shift... i need a break. he needs some gellin'. yeahhhhhhh. gellin' is like having a teeny tiny foot masseuse in your shoe. you like ? nice ! dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. outrageous comfort, all-day long. but afraid you can't af
we have a big show tomorrow. on the show, senate budget committee chairman kent conrad and congressman tom price from the budget committee, and former white house deputy press secretary bill burton and the new york times business reporter andrew sorkin and lawrence o'donnell host of "last word with lawrence o'donnell" on msnbc, and my colleague tamron hall is off today, and thomas roberts is standing in for her. >> we are following the latest at the white house where lawmakers...
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got 87 new members there in the house, so already you're looking at a huge chunk of folks there and big numbers on the progressive caucus side. so could be a long night. i don't know what your drink of choice is, if it's red bull or diet pepsi or coffee, but i think we better stock up. thank you, andrea. and coming up, we'll bring back jonathan alter, michael eric dyson and break down the political winners and losers. we'll also look at the numbers a little more in-depth and see how it's possible that a deal could come together. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. is now honey nut cheerio
got 87 new members there in the house, so already you're looking at a huge chunk of folks there and big numbers on the progressive caucus side. so could be a long night. i don't know what your drink of choice is, if it's red bull or diet pepsi or coffee, but i think we better stock up. thank you, andrea. and coming up, we'll bring back jonathan alter, michael eric dyson and break down the political winners and losers. we'll also look at the numbers a little more in-depth and see how it's...
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the big question mark, what does harry reid do once the bill reaches the senate. with me white house senior adviser david plouffe. nice to see you. let me start with any -- let me start with this. the president's veto threat when it comes to the boehner plan specific to the boehner plan, is it clear that the president is going to -- he wants to veto any process that doesn't raise this debt ceiling past 2012, is that really the veto threat here that is the line in the sand for the white house? >> well, let me explain why that's important, chuck. what the house republican plan would do is have this whole debt ceiling spectacle, three-ring circus the president talked about monday, repeated again a few months from now over the holidays. you know, the debt ceiling debate would ruin christmas. it makes no sense. it's harming our economy now. you would have this hanging over the country at one of the most economically important periods of our country around the holiday season. that makes no sense. what we need to do over the next few days -- listen, the reid plan has twi
the big question mark, what does harry reid do once the bill reaches the senate. with me white house senior adviser david plouffe. nice to see you. let me start with any -- let me start with this. the president's veto threat when it comes to the boehner plan specific to the boehner plan, is it clear that the president is going to -- he wants to veto any process that doesn't raise this debt ceiling past 2012, is that really the veto threat here that is the line in the sand for the white house?...
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how strong is the right wing here, how big is this pool of people that could produce such a person? >> that pool of people i would say is very, very limited. what we see here is a rather extreme single instance rather than something representative. >> reporter: the maximum punishment in norway for any crime is 21 years in prison. if convicted, the 32-year-old suspect will be back on the streets when he's 53 years old. the suspect's lawyers said that the suspect is willing to appear in court here in oslo on monday, and explain why he did it. and the lawyers said that the suspect will say that what he did was, quote, atrocious, but necessary. lester? >> martin fletcher in oslo tonight, thank you. norway hasn't known this kind of terror since world war ii. it's a place where gun violence is rare and bombings are virtually unheard of. now oslo takes its place in a long list of places forever scarred by large scale mass murder. tonight, michelle franzen with the survivors' stories. >> reporter: as the search for victims continues, a very different search is under way at the place where f
how strong is the right wing here, how big is this pool of people that could produce such a person? >> that pool of people i would say is very, very limited. what we see here is a rather extreme single instance rather than something representative. >> reporter: the maximum punishment in norway for any crime is 21 years in prison. if convicted, the 32-year-old suspect will be back on the streets when he's 53 years old. the suspect's lawyers said that the suspect is willing to appear...
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the phone hacking scandal has already taken a big prize away from him. his company, news corporation, badly wanted to buy the big satellite network bskyb. today they dropped their bid. there's no telling where this case ends, but this is all new territory for this huge media figure and for great britain. nbc's stephanie gosk is in london again for us tonight. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, news corps got beaten up all day today by british politicians both before and after they dropped out of the bid. one of their fiercest critics, former prime minister gordon brown, who accused murdock's papers of law breaking on what he calls an industrial scale. >> order! order! >> reporter: in parliament today politicians for once found something they could agree on. rupert murdock's news corporation, they said should drop its bid for british tv network bskyb. >> they've got to stop talking about mergers until they sort out the mess they created. >> reporter: but even before they voted, news corps, beat them to it. >> they have decide
the phone hacking scandal has already taken a big prize away from him. his company, news corporation, badly wanted to buy the big satellite network bskyb. today they dropped their bid. there's no telling where this case ends, but this is all new territory for this huge media figure and for great britain. nbc's stephanie gosk is in london again for us tonight. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, news corps got beaten up all day today by british politicians both...
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a couple of big headlines out there to follow. greatly appreciate it. >>> we have breaking news on the british hacking scandal. just a short time ago police say that shawn horde, who is a reporter who is accused of hacking in the scandal is found dead in his apartment, and we are told that it is not considered suspicious, but we want to say that the authority says that the death of the man is not suspicious at this point, but obviously, he is one of the first if not the first reporter of the new york times to go the talk about the widespread hacking scandal. >> he was key to the scandal, and you are right, the police say the death is not suspicious, but it is unexpected so there are going to be lots of questions a about this, and the reporter was not only the first person to publicly allege as a former em employee of "news of the world" that andy colson knew all about it, and he said he had listened to tapes of hacking of the editor's office and he had been instructed by andy colson to do it. so what he did with that evidence was
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as long as he's still in, pawlenty's going for big headlines by going gaga. here he is with bloggers in iowa. >> what's your favorite lady gaga song? >> that's easy. >> "glory." >> "paparazzi." >> oh, yeah. >> in terms of the beat, i like "bad romance." i've got to say even though she's a little unusual "born this way" has appeal. she can sing. she's talented. if you had to limit the ar it'sic choices to just conservatives we wouldn't have c lot of choices. up with the volume, down with the weight. new natureluxe mousse mascara. easy breezy beautiful covergirl. [ tires squeal ] an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual. it's a better policy that gets you a better car. call... or visit one of our local offices today, and we'll provide the coverage you need at the r
as long as he's still in, pawlenty's going for big headlines by going gaga. here he is with bloggers in iowa. >> what's your favorite lady gaga song? >> that's easy. >> "glory." >> "paparazzi." >> oh, yeah. >> in terms of the beat, i like "bad romance." i've got to say even though she's a little unusual "born this way" has appeal. she can sing. she's talented. if you had to limit the ar it'sic choices to just...
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there were some of notoriety in the big leagues. for every jackie robinson, there are many more dinks. and patrick hawkins knows this. her dad worked quietly into his 80s after a long career in the negro leagues. he died in '02 and he got a gave -- grave marker last summer. >> it was beautiful. everybody had stories. >> on the ballfield they were good enough to be called "monarchs." ♪ take me out to the ball game ♪ >> reporter: on these fields, finally they're good enough to be remembered for it! ron mott, nbc news, kansas city. >> what a great story to end on this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. >> we begin with some developing news tonight from yosemite national park. we are getting new information from our sister sfags inan d s fresn and sacramento about the search and rescue efforts that are happening as we ntspeak. here's a look now
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it's not a big storm, and it lost some of its steam today. but it's headed for landfall late tomorrow night along the south texas coast. forecasters say the storm named don will come ashore as a tropical storm not a hurricane. whatever rain it brings may actually be welcomed in drought-parched parts of texas. >>> there's a big change coming to tylenol. as you may know, too much of it can damage the liver. and it's often easy to get too much of it if you take multiple medicines that contain the main ingredient acetaminophen. so to reduce the risk of accidental overdoses, johnson & johnson is lowering the maximum dose of extra strength tylenol from eight a day down to six. you will see new directions on the bottle starting in the fall. beginning next year, the maximum daily dose of regular strength tylenol will also be lowered. so this is a big change for something a lot of people take across this country. >>> when we come back here tonight, there is food there that's intended to feed starving people in a terrible crisis. what's behind the hold
it's not a big storm, and it lost some of its steam today. but it's headed for landfall late tomorrow night along the south texas coast. forecasters say the storm named don will come ashore as a tropical storm not a hurricane. whatever rain it brings may actually be welcomed in drought-parched parts of texas. >>> there's a big change coming to tylenol. as you may know, too much of it can damage the liver. and it's often easy to get too much of it if you take multiple medicines that...
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>> big questions and murdoch is certainly the big figure in all of this. thank you so much. >> and new york yankees' slugger derek jeter about to join an exclusive club. only 27 major league players have ever reached 3,000 career hits. he got a little bit closer two hit ways from becoming the first player to reach that milestone as the yankee. if you ned another bullet point on his resume, there's henry kissen jer out there. >>> who had the worst week in washington? not derek jeter. he had a great week. that's next on "andrea mitchell my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. for the effi♪ nt absorption my body needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mis
>> big questions and murdoch is certainly the big figure in all of this. thank you so much. >> and new york yankees' slugger derek jeter about to join an exclusive club. only 27 major league players have ever reached 3,000 career hits. he got a little bit closer two hit ways from becoming the first player to reach that milestone as the yankee. if you ned another bullet point on his resume, there's henry kissen jer out there. >>> who had the worst week in washington? not...
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it's the big question. so many times during the last couple of weeks, the president tried to be olympian. above the sweat of the politicians. every time he tried to get up on the pedestal, john boehner in a gentlemanly way knocked it out from under him. come down here with the rest of us. he hasn't been able to beat this olympian figure. >> i was struck by the fact he used the attack of his opponent, actually said the words grand ambition for bigger government. i was struck by the president saying he didn't have such a grand ambition, and his opponents think he absolutely was. i was also struck by boehner and the president complimenting each other on the edges. >> make the point -- >> just that they're getting along this isn't personal, it's a deep policy divide. >> can i just say, he's winning this thing. i mean really, he is coming across as the most reasonable guy -- >> because? >> in a crazy city -- chris: how so? >> because he seems reasonable. when the president and -- when he says things like eat you
it's the big question. so many times during the last couple of weeks, the president tried to be olympian. above the sweat of the politicians. every time he tried to get up on the pedestal, john boehner in a gentlemanly way knocked it out from under him. come down here with the rest of us. he hasn't been able to beat this olympian figure. >> i was struck by the fact he used the attack of his opponent, actually said the words grand ambition for bigger government. i was struck by the...
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what is thought to be a basic subatomic particle and proof is provided by the big bang machine. these are massive 17 or 18-mile-long particle accelerators built in geneva, switzerland and illinois. and so what is the god particle and what is confirmation of the existence after decades of searching actually mean? joining me is eric pits from the franklin institute, chief astronomer, and derrick, this is going to grab a lot of people's attention and why is it called the god particle, and what is it? >> well, the god particle is known as a higgs bosign and it is by the standard methods of physics not discovered yet. this is crucial, because it is the one particle that scientists will help us to understand basic things about the universe as you said, be one of the most basic ones is that we don't understand why particles have mass, so it is hoped that by discovering this particle we might be able to figure that out as well as figure out things about the early history of the universe, et cetera, et cetera. >> and derrick, tell us more ant the big bang machines, and these are the mach
what is thought to be a basic subatomic particle and proof is provided by the big bang machine. these are massive 17 or 18-mile-long particle accelerators built in geneva, switzerland and illinois. and so what is the god particle and what is confirmation of the existence after decades of searching actually mean? joining me is eric pits from the franklin institute, chief astronomer, and derrick, this is going to grab a lot of people's attention and why is it called the god particle, and what is...
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. >>> now to washington, a big meeting on the hill tomorrow. leaders from both sides of the aisle will come together to try a break a deadlock over the nation's debt. yesterday president obama made a rare appearance in the white house briefing room to urge lawmakers to show up with the right attitude. >> it's my hope to everybody's going to leave their ultimatums at the door. they will leave political rhetoric at the door and we're going to do what's best for our economy and do what's best for our people. >> house speaker john boehner put out this tough statement quote saying, i am happy at the moment to discuss these issues at the white house, but these discussions will be fruitless until the president recognizes economic and legislative reality. luke russert covers capitol hill for us. luke, part of that discussion is the mini deal with senators reid and mcconnell were discussing earlier. where does that stand in this discussion so far? >> it's interesting, one of the things that is being thrown up on capitol hill is somewhat of a mini deal.
. >>> now to washington, a big meeting on the hill tomorrow. leaders from both sides of the aisle will come together to try a break a deadlock over the nation's debt. yesterday president obama made a rare appearance in the white house briefing room to urge lawmakers to show up with the right attitude. >> it's my hope to everybody's going to leave their ultimatums at the door. they will leave political rhetoric at the door and we're going to do what's best for our economy and do...
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the new college football season is nearly upon us. >> it's big. i understand the commodores have at least ten national merit scholars. >> laugh it up. laugh it up, joe. the college game day crew is gearing up as well. two members of the team, erin andrews and kirk herbstreit. >> this is earlier than we wake up. >> we're trying our best here. >> mika wanted me to ask you guys, how are the williams east in division three? >> down, actually. really good graphics. >> amherst. >> this is really good. two years ago you went there. >> isn't it beautiful? the purple valley. >> i understand you actually won the nashville? >> i live in nashville. we did a thursday night football game. you did saturday. >> big college. >> come on. >> very cute. >> let me tell you something, the feel on a saturday night, you better buckle up. >> their quarterback, though. you better watch out. a >> you laugh. you laugh. >> we'll take it. if we must, we'll talk about joe's school, alabama. how do they look this year? are they going to be back? >> they have five straight nation
the new college football season is nearly upon us. >> it's big. i understand the commodores have at least ten national merit scholars. >> laugh it up. laugh it up, joe. the college game day crew is gearing up as well. two members of the team, erin andrews and kirk herbstreit. >> this is earlier than we wake up. >> we're trying our best here. >> mika wanted me to ask you guys, how are the williams east in division three? >> down, actually. really good...
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a big question in that badly wounded nation, did he act alone? and there is a new death toll in this as well. nbc's martin fletcher has been covering the story from the start. he's with us tonight from oslo. martin, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. norway's police today said fewer people have been killed than thought, not 93, but 76, with some still missing. that is small relief for a country that can hardly believe what just happened. anders breivik was brought to court this morning, the face of a mass killer. police described him as calm and unaffected. breivik admitted he carried out the killings but claimed he was not guilty. the judge ordered him held in custody for eight weeks, the first four in solitary confinement. an hour earlier, across norway, two minutes of silence for the victims. later, a mass in memory of the victims was canceled at the last minute, too many people came. >> i think we're trying to take the city back to show human energy after such a powerful and vicious act. >> reporter: but then, chilling news. poli
a big question in that badly wounded nation, did he act alone? and there is a new death toll in this as well. nbc's martin fletcher has been covering the story from the start. he's with us tonight from oslo. martin, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. norway's police today said fewer people have been killed than thought, not 93, but 76, with some still missing. that is small relief for a country that can hardly believe what just happened. anders breivik was brought to court...
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massive storm clean up. >> that's been going on since that big storm the other night. exactly, the white house really did lose a lot of important trees. >> reporter: take a look at the tree behind me. that tree may not be here tomorrow. it's in bad shape. >> we'll take that picture right now. and hang on to it. chuck todd, thank you. >>> and t minus 43. the can'tdown is officially underway this hour for the final space shuttle launch. atlantis is set to launch at 11:26 eastern friday morning. nasa's weather official says a 60% chance of rain could possibly delay the historic launch. jay is in florida with more and joins me now by skype. you were at the beginning of the space age this is the end of the shuttle era. what are we going to lose by not continuing to launch space shuttles and to rely on russians and ors? >> well, you know, andrea, american astronaut astronauts will continue to go to the space station. they will be riding russian spacecraft. i've been talking with a nasa administrator who is a shuttle astronaut himself, he tells me that they pretty well got th
massive storm clean up. >> that's been going on since that big storm the other night. exactly, the white house really did lose a lot of important trees. >> reporter: take a look at the tree behind me. that tree may not be here tomorrow. it's in bad shape. >> we'll take that picture right now. and hang on to it. chuck todd, thank you. >>> and t minus 43. the can'tdown is officially underway this hour for the final space shuttle launch. atlantis is set to launch at...
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after months of negotiations with the government, carmakers including detroit's big three have agreed to a very ambitious new set of goals for fuel efficiency. there was a time when carmakers went to washington to lobby against this kind of change. times have changed. chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson joins us tonight from a honda dealership in queens, new york. anne? >> reporter: good evening, lester. what this agreement means is that in showrooms of the future you're going to see vehicles that use a lot less gasoline and reduce by half the amount of greenhouse gas emissions they put into the air. those are the emissions that cause climate change. now, today, companies like honda, ford, gm, they have to meet an average fuel economy standard of 27.3 miles per gallon. that is going to double by 2025 to 54.5 miles per gallon. it should save a family $8,000 per vehicle according to the white house, and the country as a whole, $2 trillion in fuel savings costs. now, as you said, this is very unusual because these 13 major automakers, united autoworkers union, and the
after months of negotiations with the government, carmakers including detroit's big three have agreed to a very ambitious new set of goals for fuel efficiency. there was a time when carmakers went to washington to lobby against this kind of change. times have changed. chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson joins us tonight from a honda dealership in queens, new york. anne? >> reporter: good evening, lester. what this agreement means is that in showrooms of the future...
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so it is a big test. >> some people who are friends of yours have said this isn't fair. your job is to run your party. but there is another party in there too. you have this tea party caucus that didn't come to washington with the same values. >> it is not the tea party caucus. most of the freshmen are frankly in pretty good shape. it would be more what i would describe as some hard-line conservatives who want more. i don't blame them. i want more too. but this was an agreement between the bipartisan senate leaders and myself. it is what's doable. and i think we can get there. >> mr. speaker, is it fair to say you have a bit of a rebellion on your hands? or do you feel -- >> i've got a little rebellion on my hands every day. it comes with the territory. >> you're not worried. >> never let them see you sweat. >> i'm disappointed. i care about john boehner. i think he's a good person. i'm disappointed he's painted himself into this corner. it makes our job over here much more difficult. i hope that the american people will learn pretty soon that we are able to work our way
so it is a big test. >> some people who are friends of yours have said this isn't fair. your job is to run your party. but there is another party in there too. you have this tea party caucus that didn't come to washington with the same values. >> it is not the tea party caucus. most of the freshmen are frankly in pretty good shape. it would be more what i would describe as some hard-line conservatives who want more. i don't blame them. i want more too. but this was an agreement...